Antonymy: A Corpus-Based Perspective by Steven Jones (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Antonymy by Steven Jones Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Antonymy is the technical name used to describe "opposites", pairs of words such as poor/rich, love/hate and male/female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday language, and this book provides a detailed, comprehensive account of the phenomenon. It analyses over 350 examples of antonyms. Publisher Description Antonymy is the technical name used to describe opposites, pairs of words such as rich / poor, love / hate and male / female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday language, and this book provides a detailed, comprehensive account of the phenomenon. As well as re-appraising traditional semantic theory and re-evaluating existing categories of antonymy, the book raises wider issues, including questions such as: Where do new atonyms come from? Which pairs can be regarded as good opposites? Why do atonyms tend to favour a particular sequence in text? Does word class affect the function of antyonymy? These questions are addressed from a corpus-based perspective, using statistical evidence from a database of 3,000 sentences retrieved from a 280-million word corpus of newspaper text. Fresh, empirical statements are made about antonymy, and over 350 authentic examples of opposites are recorded and analysed. This book demonstrates how traditional linguistic theory can be revisited, updated and challenged in the corpus age. It will be essential reading for scholars interested in antonymy and corpus linguistics. Author Biography Steven Jones Details ISBN 0415263743 ISBN-13 9780415263740 Title Antonymy Author Steven Jones Format Hardcover Year 2002 Pages 212 Edition 1st Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:7348460; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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